This is a bit of sad story… Marathon death donations rocket… the story of 30 year old Claire Squires who died after completing 25 miles of the marathon. She was running the marathon for fun and to raise money for the Samaritans. She wanted to change lives, and I’m sure the donations she’s received certainly will.

Claire Squires was the first woman to die whilst taking part in the London Marathon which has taken place 32 times. They are still to confirm the reason for her death, however 7 of the total of 11 fatalities in the race were related to heart diseases, two suffered brain haemorrhages and one died due to drinking too much water (hyponatremia).

Up to 37.500 took part in the London Marathon this year and following Claire’s death, and the marathon the BBC got together an interesting articles about the risks of running a marathon.

Lorn Pearson Trains

Lorn Pearson is a motivational and enthusiastic Running Coach and runner based in Glasgow. She has run all distances from short distances to 10ks, half marathons, marathons and ultra marathons and wants to inspire and help others to take up and enjoy running as much as she does.

Lorn posts lots of helpful tips and information on her blog and on her Facebook Page. She also teaches swimming, and enjoys being active in many other forms of exercise including strength work, circuits, high intensity interval training, spinfit, swimming, hiking and hill walking.

Lorn has a very positive, energetic and fun outlook on life and hopes to inspire and motivate others to take up exercise, be positive, believe in themselves and be the best they can be. :-)